Azgovian

Azgovian
Azgorin

Type

Fusional

Alignment

Accusative

Head direction

Tonal

No

Declensions

No

Conjugations

No

Genders

3

Nouns decline according to...

Case

Number

Definiteness

Gender

Verbs conjugate according to...

Voice

Mood

Person

Number

Tense

Aspect

Meta-information

Progress

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Statistics
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Adjectives	0%
Syntax	0%
Words	400 of 5000

Creator

HorsesDrivingVans

Classification and Dialects[edit | edit source]

In-universe history[edit | edit source]

Azgovian (Vonnai Azgorin) is the standard dialect of the modern Eastern Vozonid languages. Azgovian was derived from the noble register of the Sarmelonid language, hence its refusal to use "e" in native Vozonid words.

Related languages include Arantarese, Josolchir, Mirkuzian, and Wannaenid.

External history[edit | edit source]

HorsesDrivingVans created Azgovian in 2015, as he mixed Valarin and Black Speech (from Tolkien's works) with Arabic and Persian. It was the earliest (if not the first) conlang for his Rabydosverse stories, which were then-nascent when it was created.

Phonology[edit | edit source]

Consonants[edit | edit source]

		Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Guttural
Nasal		m /m/			n /n/
Plosive	Voiceless	p /p/					t /t/	k /k~q/
	Voiced	b /b/	v /v/			d /ɖ/		g /g/
Affricate	Voiceless			th /θ/	ź /t͡s/
Fricative	Voiceless				s /s/	sh /ʂ/		gh /ɣ~x/	h /h/
	Voiced				z /z/			kh /x/
Approximant			u /w/		l /l~ɭ/		j /j/
Trill					r /r/

Vowels[edit | edit source]

	Front		Central	Back
	Unrounded	Rounded		Rounded
High	i /i/	y /y~ɯ/		u /u/
Mid	(e) /e/			o /o~ɔ/
Low	a /a/		a /ä/	a /ɒ~ʌ/

Pronunciation notes[edit | edit source]

a - [ä], [ɒ, ʌ] when short and unstressed, [a] in diphthongs
d - [ɖ]
gh - [ɣ~x], [ʝ] before i
j - [j]
k - [k~q]
kh - [x]
l - [l], [ɭ(ː)~lː] when doubled
õ - [oː]
s - [s], [ʂ] before [l], [m], [n], [r]
sh - [ʂ]
th - [θ]; [ɕ] in dialects
u - [u], [w-] in diphthongs
y - [ɯ~y]
z - [z], [-s̪]

Phonotactics[edit | edit source]

Syllable structure: (C)(C)(V)(C), (C)(C)(V)(C)(C) in foreign words

Diphthongs: ai, au, oi, ua, ui, uo, yo

Consonant clusters: bj, bl, br, dj, dr, gj, gl, gn, gr, hj, kj, kk, kl, kn, kr, lb, ld, lg, lk, ll, lp, ls, lsh, lt, lth, lv, lz, mj, mm, nj, nn, pj, pl, pp, pr, rb, rd, rg, rj, rk, rm, rn, rp, rr, rs, rt, rth, rv, rz, sj, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, sr, ss, st, sv, shj, shk, shl, shm, shn, shp, shr, ssh, sht, shv, tj, tr, ts, tt, vj, zj, zl, zm, zn, zr, zz

Writing System[edit | edit source]

Letter	A	B	V	G	Gh	D	Z	Ź	I	J	K	L
Cyrillic	А	Б	В	Г	Ґ	Д	З	З́	І	Ј	К	Л
Sound	/ä/, /ɒ/	/b/	/v/	/g/	/ɣ/	/ɖ/	/z/	/t͡s/	/i/	/j/	/k/	/l/
Cyrillic	М	Н	О	П	Р	С	Ш	Т	Ѳ	У	Х	Һ
Letter	M	N	O	P	R	S	Sh	T	Th	U	Kh	H
Sound	/m/	/n/	/o/	/p/	/r/	/s/	/ʂ/	/t/	/θ/	/u/	/x/	/h/
Cyrillic	Ѵ	Е			Л̧	Ѡ	Ҁ	Р̧
Letter	Y	E			Lh	Ô	Q	Rh
Sound	/ɯ~y/	/e/			/l/	/o/	/k/	/r~dr/

ź and e are only used in Gauvajut and foreign words.
lh, ô, q, and rh are no longer used in modern Azgovian spelling except in classical or artistic settings.

Grammar[edit | edit source]

Pronouns[edit | edit source]

nominative-accusative-possessive-affiliative

1st person[edit | edit source]

"I, me, my"

masc: loz, loi, loizy/lozy, loira
fem: laz, loi/lai, ljāzy, ljāra
plural: lai, lajau, laizy, laira

"ukh" was used as the word for "I" during the Trimallean/communist rule. Its other forms are ukhzy (possessive) and ukhzoi (affiliative).

2nd person[edit | edit source]

"thou, thee, thy"

singular: dūz/doi, doi, doizy, doira
plu: midaz/plo, midai/ploi, midaizy/ploizy, midaira/ploira

3rd person[edit | edit source]

"he, him, his"

masc: konz, knoi, knoizy, knoir
fem: kanz, knai, knaizy, knaira
it: diz, zoi/dī, dizy, dizra/dizar
plu: tjō(poz), tjō(po)i, tjōpsy/tjōzy, tjōp(s)ar/tjōsar

-zo - plural

-zy - genitive

-luaz - -self

Verbs[edit | edit source]

infinitive-continuous-perfective

The "a" before the suffixes is added if the suffix follows an "incompatible" consonant: "snausmal" (hurry) doesn't need an "a", while "barkhanźamal" (to advance) needs an "a" before its -mal.